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Authorised form of nameFoster; George Carey (1835 - 1919); chemist and physicist
Dates1835 - 1919
NationalityBritish
Place of birthSabden, Lancashire, England
Date of birth20 October 1835
Place of deathLadywalk, Long Lane, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England
Date of death09/02/1919
Dates and placesBurial: Next to his wife at cemetery at Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England.
Occupationchemist and physicist
Research fieldPhysics
Chemistry
ActivityEducation:
Privately educated in early years; University College, London; Ghent; Heidelberg; Paris. BA.
Career:
Professor of Experimental Physics, University College, London (1865-1898); Fellow of University College, London; Treasurer, British Association (1898-1904); Principal, University College, London (1900-1904).
Memberships:
FCS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election03/06/1869
Age at election34
ProposerHugo Muller; David Forbes; John Lubbock; Philip Yorke; Balfour Stewart; Henry Watts; Edward William Brayley; Robert Bellamy Clifton
Charles Lyell; Alexander William Williamson; Thomas Graham; Charles William Siemens; John Tyndall; Edward Frankland; Thomas Hewitt Key; Thomas Archer Hirst; Fleeming Jenkin; William Odling; Augustus Matthiessen
Royal Society activityRoyal Society roles:
VP 1891-1893, 1902-1903
RelationshipsParents: George Foster, calico printer and justice of the peace in Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Spouse: Mary Anne Muir, eldest daughter of Andrew Muir of Rosebank, Greenock.
Published worksRCN 39658
RCN 39659
General contextRemembered for modification and application of the Whetstone bridge for precise electrical measurement.
Image

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SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1919-1920 vol 96 pp xv-xviii signed by O J L
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/69710103
Royal Society codeNA6347
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1869/09Foster, George Carey: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/Maull/001581Foster, George Careynd
MM/16/16Report by GC Foster on a letter by Dr Hermann Sprengel to the Royal Society, 17 May 189314 June 1893
MM/16/14Letter from GC Foster to Lord Rayleigh13 March 1893
MM/16/3Letter from GC Foster to Lord Rayleigh12 April 1892
NLB/15/755Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Richard Tetley Glazebrook, [Fellow of the Royal Society]2 December 1897
MC/28/89Letter from [George] Carey Foster, Ladywalk, Rickmansworth, Herts, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]15 February 1913
IM/Maull/001513Foster, George Careynd
IM/000704Callendar, Hugh Longbourne2001
NLB/18/121Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor G Carey Foster 18 January 1899
NLB/20/47Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society20 January 1900
NLB/2/22Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society9 December 1887
NLB/2/157Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster [Royal Society]6 February 1888
NLB/1/455Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to the Clerk, Dulwich College13 June 1887
NLB/1/456Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society13 June 1887
NLB/4/476Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society11 June 1890
NLB/4/645Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society31 July 1890
NLB/3/197Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society10 April 1889
NLB/19/57Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society9 June 1899
NLB/18/167Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Lord Rayleigh27 January 1899
NLB/19/294Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Chairman of the Library Committee28 July 1899
NLB/3/550Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society9 July 1889
NLB/4/1079Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society13 January 1891
NLB/3/467Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society17 June 1889
NLB/6/275Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society4 April 1892
NLB/6/261Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society1 April 1892
NLB/6/921Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society16 September 1892
NLB/6/436Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Scientific Relief Committee12 May 1892
NLB/6/670Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Scientific Relief Committee24 June 1892
NLB/6/654Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society22 June 1892
NLB/5/181Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society10 April 1891
NLB/5/164Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to [John William Strutt] Lord Rayleigh, [Royal Society]6 April 1891
NLB/7/1050Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society21 June 1893
NLB/7/328Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carrey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society23 January 1893
NLB/23/2/320Copy letter sent from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to The Clerk to the Governing Body, Dulwich College, S.E.1 April 1903
NLB/7/186Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society16 December 1892
NLB/7/336Copy letter from Michael Foster, to the Clerk to the College of Governors, Dulwich College24 January 1893
NLB/7/506Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society3 March 1893
NLB/5/1172Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carey Foster, [Fellow of the Royal Society]21 January 1892
NLB/21/486Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to George Carey Foster, [Fellow of the Royal Society]27 November 1900
NLB/7/998Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society13 June 1893
NLB/20/759Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society3 July 1900
NLB/19/521Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society23 October 1899
NLB/18/255Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor G Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society13 February 1899
NLB/8/662Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society5 December 1893
NLB/18/635Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor G Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society13 April 1899
NLB/13/136Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society20 June 1896
NLB/20/738Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society27 June 1900
NLB/13/42Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Richard Tetley Glazebrook, Fellow of the Royal Society1 June 1896
NLB/13/206Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society1 July 1896
NLB/13/534Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society2 October 1896
NLB/21/356Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society2 November 1900
NLB/19New Letter Book volume 19, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration1 June 1899-10 January 1900
NLB/21New Letter Book volume 21, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration14 July 1900-7 February 1901
NLB/20New Letter Book volume 20, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration11 January 1900-14 July 1900
NLB/18New Letter Book volume 18, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration21 December 1898-1 June 1899
NLB/14/168Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society, 18 Daleham Gardens, South Hampstead, N.W.18 January 1897
NLB/14/161Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society, 18 Daleham Gardens, South Hampstead, N.W.14 January 1897
RR/15/234Second referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The heat dissipated by a platinum surface at high temperatures. Part IV. High pressure gases' by Joseph Ernest Petavel18 February 1901
NLB/20/717Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society22 June 1900
NLB/2New Letter Book volume 2, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration30 November 1887-9 February 1889
NLB/14/432Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Richard Tetley Glazebrook, [Fellow of the Royal Society]10 March 1897
NLB/14/695Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society29 April 1897
NLB/14/857Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society28 May 1897
RR/9/410Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper, 'The influence of stress and strain on the physical properties of matter. Part I. Elasticity (continued). The effect of change of temperature on the internal friction and torsional elasticity of metals' by Herbert Tomlinson7 September 1886
NLB/15/474Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Richard Tetley Glazebrook, [Fellow of the Royal Society]11 October 1897
RR/15/180Second referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The resistive and electromotive forces of the electric arc' by William Duddell7 February 1904
NLB/18/104Copy letter from Arthur W. Rucker, to Professor [George] Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society 16 January 1899
NLB/20/143Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society12 February 1900
NLB/16/262Copy letter from Michael Foster, to the Clerk to the Governors, Dulwich College, Dulwich, S.E.3 March 1898
NLB/18/617Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor G Carey Foster11 April 1899
NLB/15/531Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society22 October 1897
NLB/15/565Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society29 October 1897
NLB/19/10Copy letter from Theodore E James to Messrs Harrison & Sons2 June 1899
NLB/16/368Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor G Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society23 March 1898
NLB/18/67Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to [R T Glazebrook], [Fellow of the Royal Society] 9 January 1899
NLB/19/624Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society13 November 1899
NLB/17/694Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society8 December 1898
NLB/19/173Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society7 July 1899
NLB/21/493Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Chairman of the Library Committee28 November 1900
NLB/18/310Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor G Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society21 February 1899
NLB/19/488Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society13 October 1899
NLB/19/123Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society, Ladywalk, Rickmensworth, Hertfordshire27 June 1899
NLB/17/484Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Richard Tetley Glazebrook, [Fellow of the Royal Society]24[?] October 1898
NLB/18/82Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor G Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society10 January 1899
NLB/18/140Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society 23 January 1899
NLB/19/115Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor George Carey Foster, [Fellow of the Royal Society]26 June 1899
NLB/18/199Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor G Carey Foster3 February 1899
NLB/18/372Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor G Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society1 March 1899
NLB/18/164Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor Callendar, Fellow of the Royal Society27 January 1899
NLB/19/40Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society6 June 1899
NLB/18/219Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor G Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society8 February 1899
NLB/19/252Copy letter from Robert William Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Physics and Chemistry Committee19 July 1899
NLB/21/83Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society25 July 1900
NLB/18/359Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [George] Carey Foster28 February 1899
NLB/19/257Copy letter from Robert William Harrison, to Professor Hugh Longbourne Callendar, Fellow of the Royal Society20 July 1899
NLB/18/343Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor G Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society25 February 1899
NLB/18/269Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor G Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society15 February 1899
NLB/18/580Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [George] Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society6 April 1899
NLB/18/352Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society27 February 1899
NLB/20/274Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society9 March 1900
NLB/19/211Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society13 July 1899
NLB/19/342Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society11 August 1899
NLB/18/357Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to [Professor G C] Foster27 February 1899
NLB/18/374Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor G Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society1 March 1899
NLB/19/659Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society20 November 1899
NLB/18/646Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor G Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society15 April 1899
NLB/19/513Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society19 October 1899
NLB/19/702Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society27 November 1899
NLB/18/766Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor G Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society9 May 1899
NLB/20/150Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society14 February 1900
NLB/19/536Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society27 October 1899
NLB/19/690Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society24 November 1899
NLB/20/234Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society2 March 1900
NLB/18/667Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor G Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society19 April 1899
NLB/19/778Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society18 December 1899
NLB/19/609Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society9 November 1899
NLB/19/734Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society5 December 1899
NLB/18/717Copy letter from G Carey Foster, to Lord Blythswood27 April 1899
NLB/18/720Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor G Carey Foster28 April 1899
NLB/18/604Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor G Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society8 April 1899
NLB/22/12Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [George] Carey Foster, [Fellow of the Royal Society]11 February 1901
NLB/19/817Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society3 January 1900
NLB/19/684Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society2 November 1899
NLB/20/158Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor George Carey Forsyth, [Fellow of the Royal Society]17 February 1900
NLB/20/102Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society31 January 1900
NLB/21/209Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society27 September 1900
NLB/19/861Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society9 January 1900
NLB/18/563Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor G Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society29 March 1899
NLB/18/703Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to [Professor G C] Foster26 April 1899
NLB/18/698Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor G Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society24 April 1899
NLB/18/583Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [George] Carey Foster6 April 1899
NLB/18/574Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor G Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society5 April 1899
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NLB/20/135Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society10 February 1900
NLB/20/311Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society19 March 1900
NLB/20/359Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society2 April 1900
NLB/20/245Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society6 March 1900
NLB/15/809Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to the Secretary to the Board of Trade, Whitehall, S.W. 13 December 1897
NLB/22/807Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society20 July 1901
NLB/21/90Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society27 July 1900
NLB/21/91Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society27 July 1900
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NLB/20/611Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, [Fellow of the Royal Society]31 May 1900
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NLB/21/35Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society18 July 1900
NLB/21/19Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society16 July 1900
NLB/21/50Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society20 July 1900
NLB/21/89Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society27 July 1900
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NLB/21/605Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society18 December 1900
NLB/21/369Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society6 November 1900
NLB/21/412Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor George Carey Foster, [Fellow of the Royal Society][15 November 1900]
NLB/21/485Copy telegram from an unknown correspondent, to [George Carey Foster], [Fellow of the Royal Society], Ladywalk, Rickmansworth[27 November 1900]
NLB/21/426Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society16 November 1900
NLB/21/447Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Physics and Chemistry Committee29 November 1900
NLB/21/573Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor George Carey Foster, [Fellow of the Royal Society][12 December 1900]
NLB/21/519Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society3 December 1900
NLB/21/643Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society1 January 1901
NLB/21/635Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society21 December 1900
NLB/21/612Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society18 December 1900
NLB/23/1/559Copy letter and memorandum from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society3 December 1901
NLB/25/11Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Chairman of the Library Committee22 July 1902
NLB/23/1/710Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society8 January 1902
NLB/23/1/814Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society29 January 1902
NLB/24/736Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [George] Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society2 July 1902
NLB/26/272Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to, Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society, The Chairman of the Library Committee19 February 1903
NLB/27/609Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Vice President, Royal Society28 October 1903
NLB/27/488Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to George Carey Foster, [Fellow of the Royal Society]8 October 1903
NLB/27/840Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society8 December 1903
NLB/29/873Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society3 January 1904 [1905]
NLB/38/672Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society20 October 1908
NLB/37/285Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to The Clerk to the Governors, Dulwich College, SE25 February 1908
NLB/39/773Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor G [George] Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society9 March 1909
NLB/38/645Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society16 October 1908
NLB/42/152Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor G [George] Carey Foster FRS 14 April 1910
NLB/41/663Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society31 January 1910
NLB/41/359Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society29 November 1909
NLB/41/421Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society10 December 1909
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NLB/44/88Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor G [George] Carey Foster FRS, Chairman of the Library Committee3 May 1911
NLB/44/530Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor G [George] Carey Foster FRS 28 July 1911
NLB/46/76Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [George] Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society6 June 1912
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NLB/21/104Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society28 July 1900
NLB/51/554Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Professor George Carey Foster FRS23 April 1915
NLB/56/429Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Micaiah John Muller] Hill, FRS11 February 1919
RR/9/283Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Magnetisation of iron' by John Hopkinson30 July 1885
RR/7/23Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On deep-sea thermometers' by John E Davis17 December 1870
RR/7/155Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'An experimental inquiry on the action of electricity on gases. - I. On the action of electricity on oxygen' by Benjamin Collins Brodie6 July 1872
RR/6/175Referee's report by Alexander William Williamson, on a paper 'Researches into the chemical constitution of narcotine, and of its products of decomposition.—Part II' by Augustus Matthiessen and George Carey Foster15 January 1868
RR/9/387Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on two papers 'On evaporation and dissociation. Part II - A study of the thermal properties of alcohol' and 'On evaporation and dissociation. Part I' by William Ramsay and Sydney Young29 December 1885
RR/7/186Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Volcanic energy: an attempt to develop its true origin and cosmical relations' by Robert Mallet26 June 1872
NLB/56/443Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Messrs Harrison & Sons]13 February 1919
RR/9/38Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Experiments on the value of the ohm' by Richard Tetley Glazebrook, J M Dodds and E B Sargant15 August 1882
RR/7/359Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The action of light on selenium' by W G Adams9 October 1875
RR/7/450Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The residual charge of the Leyden jar' by John Hopkinson14 June 1876
RR/7/290Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the action of electricity on gases. Part II - On the electric decomposition of carbonic-acid gas' by Benjamin Collins Brodie13 February 1874
RR/8/340Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the absorption spectra of cobalt salts' by William James Russell5 March 1881
RR/8/314Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the limit of the liquid state' by J B Hannay11 July 1881
NLB/56/425Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Joseph [John] Thomson, President of the Royal Society10 February 1919
NLB/56/495Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Oliver [Joseph] Lodge, FRS21 February 1919
RR/9/87Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the specific resistance of mercury' by John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh and H Sidgwick10 November 1882
RR/8/34Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Electrostatic capacity of glass' by John Hopkinson30 July 1877
RR/8/324Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Electrostatic capacity of glass, II., and of liquids' by John Hopkinson5 February 1881
RR/9/181Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The influence of pressure on the temperature of volatilization of solids' by William Ramsay and Sydney Young24 August 1883
RR/9/237Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Influence of change of condition from the liquid to the solid state on vapour-pressure' by William Ramsay and Sydney Young1 September 1884
RR/11/79Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'An attempt to determine the adiabatic relations of ethyl oxide' by William Ramsay and E P Perman3 April 1891
RR/11/199Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On some of the properties of water and of steam' by William Ramsay and Sydney Young9 January 1892
RR/11/180Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the thermal conductivities of crystals and other bad conductors' by Charles Herbert Lees14 April 1892
RR/12/296Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the refractive index of water at temperatures between 0° and 10°' by John Conroy20 June 1895
RR/13/285Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The electric conductivity of nitric acid' by Victor Herbert Veley and [John Job] ManleyNovember 1897
RR/14/84Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the heat dissipated by a platinum surface at high temperatures' by Joseph Ernest Petavel7 June 1898
MC/34/165Letter from Roger T. Smith, Rickmanswroth, Herts, to The Assistant Secretary, The Royal Society, Burlington House9 February 1919
RR/13/135Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the relations between the viscosity (internal friction) of liquids and their chemical nature.—Part II' by Thomas Edward Thorpe and J W Rodger3 November 1896
RR/13/150Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'A new method of determining freezing points' by Meyer Wildermann15 July 1896
RR/15/148Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The mechanism of the electric arc' by Phoebe Sarah Hertha Marks Ayrton16 July 1901
RR/13/239Second referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On contact electricity of metals' by J Erskine Murray4 March 1898
RR/8/100Letter from George Carey Foster, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Measurements of electrical constants. No. II. On the specific inductive capacities of certain dielectrics. Part I' by J E H Gordon4 August 1878
RR/7/95Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Measurements of specific inductive capacity of dielectrics, in the physical laboratory of the University of Glasgow' by John C Gibson and Thomas Barclay28 September 1871
RR/13/301Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On a new method of determining the vapour pressures of solutions' by E B H WadeJune 1897
RR/13/288Letter from George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The electric conductivity of nitric acid' by Victor Herbert Veley and [John Job] Manley to Richard Tetley Glazebrook26 December 1897
RR/13/290Second referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The electric conductivity of nitric acid' by Victor Herbert Veley and [John Job] Manley 8 January 1898
NLB/20/733Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society27 June 1900
NLB/19/311Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society1 August 1899
RR/11/6Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The thermal emissivity of thin wires in air' by William Edward Ayrton and H Kilgour11 August 1891
RR/10/348Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the determination of some boiling and freezing points by means of the platinum thermometer' by Ernest Howard Griffiths1 August 1890
RR/7/468Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on two papers 'On the effect of heat on the chloride, bromide, and iodide of silver' and 'On the effects of heat on some chloro-brom-iodides of silver' by G F Rodwell14 June 1876
RR/7/489Letter from George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the expansion of sea-water by heat' by Thomas Edward Thorpe and Arthur William Rücker5 February 1876
RR/9/222Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Magnetic polarity and neutrality' by David Edward Hughes23 April 1884
RR/8/32Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Residual charge of the leyden jar.—II. Dielectric properties of various glasses' by John Hopkinson24 April 1877
MS/427/224Copy letter from [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Secretary, Charity Commission3 November 1882
MM/16/12Letter from GC Foster to Lord Rayleigh24 December 1892
NLB/6/972Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster27 September 1892
NLB/13/322Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt], Secretary, Royal Society24 July 1896
NLB/13/241Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Richard Tetley Glazebrook, Fellow of the Royal Society8 July 1896
RR/15/67Memoranda from Robert William Frederick Harrison, and reply from George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The distribution of molecular energy' by James Hopwood Jeans27 July 1900
RR/15/114Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Certain new methods of investigating the nature & effects of musical sounds' by Walter H Thelwall8 January 1900
RR/15/233Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The heat dissipated by a platinum surface at high temperatures. Part IV. High pressure gases' by Joseph Ernest Petavel17 February 1901
NLB/15/242Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society22 July 1897
NLB/16/210Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [Arthur] Schuster22 February 1898
NLB/19/190Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, [Fellow of the Royal Society]11 June 1899
NLB/19/251Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society19 July 1899
NLB/19/531Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society25 October 1899
NLB/19/548Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society28 October 1899
NLB/19/692Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr John Allen Harker, [Fellow of the Royal Society]24 November 1899
NLB/19/697Copy letter from George Carey Foster, to Professor James Henry Cotterill, [Fellow of the Royal Society]23 November 1899
NLB/19/831Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society3 January 1900
NLB/20/334Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society26 March 1900
NLB/20/587Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society25 May 1900
NLB/20/705Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society20 June 1900
NLB/34/755Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor Herbert Hall Turner, Fellow of the Royal Society5 March 1907
RR/5/147Referee's report by Alexander William Williamson, on a paper 'Researches into the chemical constitution of narcotine, and of its products of decomposition.—Part I' by Augustus Matthiessen and George Carey Foster13 June 1863
RR/8/342Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the electromotive properties of the leaf of dionaea in the excited and unexcited states' by John Scott Burdon-Sanderson15 December 1881
RR/8/225Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Researches on the action of organic substances on the ultra-violet rays of the spectrum. Part III. On examination of essential oils' by Walter Noel Hartley and A K Huntington2 March 1880
RR/8/259Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the dynamo-electric current, and on certain means to improve its steadiness' by Charles William Siemens4 October 1880
NLB/6/925Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Carey Foster19 September 1892
NLB/18/72Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor G Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society 9 January 1899
NLB/19/449Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society5 October 1899
NLB/19/615Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Charles Chree, Fellow of the Royal Society9 November 1899
NLB/19/718Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society1 December 1899
RR/10/293Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Experiments on the resistance of electrolytic cells' by Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey13 July 1889
RR/12/321Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The latent heat of evaporation of water' by Ernest Howard Griffiths21 February 1895
RR/15/17Memoranda from Robert William Harrison, and reply from George Carey Foster, on a paper 'An artificial retina and the theory of vision' by Jagadish Chunder Bose12 July 1900
RR/10/385Second letter from John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, to George Carey Foster, regarding a paper 'On the changes produced in the circulation and respiration by increase of the intra-cranial pressure or tension' by Walter Spencer and Victor Alexander Haden Horsley24 December 1890
IM/000844Foster, George Carey2001
RR/9/249Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Observations on variations of the electromotive force between metals at high temperatures in fused salts' by Thomas Andrews30 July 1885
RR/7/96Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On a law in chemical dynamics' by John Hall Gladstone and Alfred Tribe9 September 1871
PT/68/15Paper, 'Researches into the chemical constitution of narcotine' by A [Augustus] Matthiessen and G C [George Carey] Foster[1863]
RR/11/218Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Ionic velocities' by W C D Whetham3 January 1893
RR/12/140Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on two papers 'On the specific heats of gases at constant volume.—Part II. Carbon dioxide' and 'On the specific heats of gases at constant volume.—Part III. The specific heat of carbon dioxide as a function of temperature' by John Joly19 March 1894
RR/7/470Letter from George Carey Foster, on two papers 'On the effect of heat on the chloride, bromide, and iodide of silver' and 'On the effects of heat on some chloro-brom-iodides of silver' by G F Rodwell to James Clerk Maxwell19 July 1876
RR/8/289Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Effects of stress on the thermoelectric quality of metals. Part I' by James Alfred Ewing[1881]
RR/8/350Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The influence of stress and strain on the action of physical forces' by Herbert Tomlinsonnd [1881]
RR/9/18Letter from George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the production of transient electric currents in iron and steel conductors by twisting them when magnetised, or by magnetising them when twisted' by James Alfred Ewing to the Secretary of the Royal Society20 June 1882
RR/13/258Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on the Bakerian Lecture 'Mechanical equivalent of heat' by Osborne Reynolds and W H Moorby9 May 1897
RR/15/65Memoranda from Robert William Frederick Harrison and reply from George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the static diffusion of gases and liquids' by Horace Tabberer Brown and F Escombe and 'On the distribution of molecular energy' by James Hopwood Jeans16 July 1900
RR/15/178Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The resistive and electromotive forces of the electric arc' by William Duddell12 August 1901
RR/7/396Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On rolling-friction' by Osborne Reynolds17 July 1875
MC/10/419Letter from G [George] Carey Foster, President of the Physical Society of London, Sabden, near Whalley, Lancashire, to [Joseph Dalton Hooker], President of the Royal Society3 July 1876
MC/10Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal SocietyJuly 1873-1876
MC/11/179Letter from Warren de la Rue, Vice Chairman, Kew Observatory, Richmond, Surrey, to the Secretary of the Royal Society7 March 1878
MC/11Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1877-1879
MS/427/134Copy letter from [Thomas Henry] Huxley, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [John] Donnelly1 November 1881
RR/8/129Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On certain molecular changes which occur in iron and steel during the separate acts of heating and cooling' by Professor Norris3 January 1878
RR/8/18Second referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On magneto-electric induction in liquids and gases.—Part I. production of induced currents in electrolytes' by John Ambrose Fleming31 July 1877
RR/8/315Supplemental referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the limit of the liquid state' by J B Hannay28 November 1881
RR/9/14Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the production of transient electric currents in iron and steel conductors by twisting them when magnetised, or by magnetising them when twisted' by James Alfred Ewing17 March 1882
RR/9/357Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Relation of ‘transfer-resistance’ to the molecular weight and chemical composition of electrolytes' by George Gore18 October 1886
RR/10/207Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On evaporation and dissociation.—Part VIII. A study of the thermal properties of propyl alcohol' by William Ramsay and Sydney Young7 August 1888
AP/66/18Unpublished paper, 'On the magnetic action of displacement-currents in a dielectric' by Silvanus P [Phillips] Thompson1889
AP/67/6Unpublished paper, 'On the focometry of lenses and lens-combinations; and on a new focometer' by Silvanus P [Phillips] Thompson1891
RR/13/137Second referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the relations between the viscosity (internal friction) of liquids and their chemical nature.—Part II' by Thomas Edward Thorpe and J W Rodger8 February 1897
AP/67/6/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On the focometry of lenses and lens-combinations; and on a new focometer' by Silvanus P [Phillips] Thompson3 February 1891
RR/13/236Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On contact electricity of metals' by J Erskine Murray24 October 1897
RR/14/66Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Ionic velocities' by David Orme Masson6 February 1899
NLB/21/225Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society5 October 1900
RR/15/181Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'The resistive and electromotive forces of the electric arc' by William DuddellMarch 1904
PP/10/47Paper, 'Note on the electrodeposition of alloys and on the electromotive forces of metals in cyanide solutions' by Silvanus Phillips Thompson1887
PP/17/32Paper, 'On galvano-hysteresis. (Preliminary notice)' by Silvanus P [Phillips] Thompson1891
PP/22/2Paper, 'On the flow in electric circuits of measurable inductance and capacity; and on the dissipation of energy in such circuits' by Alfred William Porter4 May 1893
RR/5/146Referee's report by Edward Frankland, on a paper 'Researches into the chemical constitution of narcotine, and of its products of decomposition.—Part I' by Augustus Matthiessen and George Carey Foster1 June 1863
RR/12/114Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On a method of determining the thermal conductivity of metals, with applications to copper, silver, gold, and platinum' by James H Gray16 July 1894
RR/6/174Referee's report by Edward Frankland, on a paper 'Researches into the chemical constitution of narcotine, and of its products of decomposition.—Part II' by Augustus Matthiessen and George Carey Foster23 November 1867
RR/7/173Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the specific heat and other physical characters of mixtures of methylic alcohol and water, and on certain relations existing between the specific heat of a mixture or solution and the heat evolved or absorbed in their formation' by August Dupre6 September 1872
RR/7/398Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the liquation, fusibility, and density of certain alloys of silver and copper' by William Chandler Roberts-Austen22 March 1875
RR/7/430Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The action of light on selenium' by William Grylls Adams and R E Day23 October 1876
RR/7/490Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the expansion of sea-water by heat' by Thomas Edward Thorpe and Arthur William Rücker1876
RR/7/492Letter from George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the expansion of sea-water by heat' by Thomas Edward Thorpe and Arthur William Rücker19 April 1876
RR/8/17Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On magneto-electric induction in liquids and gases.—Part I. production of induced currents in electrolytes' by John Ambrose Fleming30 July 1877
RR/8/19Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On magneto-electric induction in liquids and gases.—Part I. production of induced currents in electrolytes' by John Ambrose Fleming16 October 1877
RR/8/158Second referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Measurements of electrical constants. No. II. On the specific inductive capacities of certain dielectrics. Part I' by J E H Gordon27 February 1879
RR/9/16Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the production of transient electric currents in iron and steel conductors by twisting them when magnetised, or by magnetising them when twisted' by James Alfred Ewing1 May 1882
RR/9/17Letter from George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the production of transient electric currents in iron and steel conductors by twisting them when magnetised, or by magnetising them when twisted' by James Alfred Ewing to the Secretary of the Royal Society19 June 1882
RR/9/306Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On underground temperature; with observations on the conductivity of rocks; on the thermal effects of saturation and imbibition; and on a special source of heat in mountain ranges' by Joseph Prestwich1885
RR/9/412Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The influence of stress and strain on the physical properties of matter. Part I. Elasticity—continued. The effect of magnetisation on the elasticity and the internal friction of metals' by Herbert Tomlinson4 January 1887
RR/10/226Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the logarithmic law of atomic weights' by George Johnstone Stoney24 July 1888
RR/10/329Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the determination of the boiling-point of sulphur, and on a method of standardising platinum resistance thermometers by reference to it.—Experiments made at the Cavendish laboratory, Cambridge' by Hugh Longbourne Callendar and Ernest Howard Griffiths5 January 1891
RR/10/384Letter from John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, to George Carey Foster, regarding a paper 'On the changes produced in the circulation and respiration by increase of the intra-cranial pressure or tension' by Walter Spencer and Victor Alexander Haden Horsley18 December 1890
RR/11/238Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the ratio of the specific heats of the paraffins and their monohalogen derivatives' by J W Capstick11 July 1893
RR/11/239Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'A new portable miner's safety-lamp, with hydrogen attachment for delicate gas-testing; with exact measurements of flame-cap indications furnished by this and other testing lamps' by Frank Clowes23 January 1893
RR/12/247Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Researches on the electric properties of pure substances.—No. I. The electrical properties of pure sulphur' by Richard Threlfall, Joseph Henry Drapier Brearley and Mr Allen11 December 1894
RR/13/42Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Complete freezing-point curves of binary alloys containing silver or copper, together with another metal' by Charles Thomas Heycock and Francis Henry Neville8 July 1896
RR/13/216Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the thermal conductivities of single and mixed solids and liquids and their variation with temperature' by Charles Herbert Lees9 February 1898
RR/13/289Letter from George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The electric conductivity of nitric acid' by Victor Herbert Veley and [John Job] Manley to Richard Tetley Glazebrook4 January 1898
RR/14/130Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'Investigations on platinum thermometry at Kew Observatory' by Charles Chreend [January 1900]
RR/14/173Letter from George Carey Foster, to Mr Harrison, regarding a paper 'An experimental investigation of the thermodynamical properties of superheated steam.— On the cooling of saturated steam by free expansion' by John H Grindley31 October 1899
RR/14/279Committee report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the electrical conductivity of flames containing salt vapours' by Harold Albert Wilson8 April 1899
RR/17/208Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the surface-tension of liquids investigated by the method of jet vibration' by P O Pedersen15 July 1907
PP/22/9/1Manuscript, 'On interference phenomena in electric waves passing through different thicknesses of electrolyte' by George Udny Yule1893
PP/22/9Paper, 'On interference phenomena in electric waves passing through different thicknesses of electrolyte' by George Udny Yule1893
RR/8/144Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on two papers 'Electrodynamic qualities of metals.—Part VII. Effects of stress on the magnetization of iron, nickel, and cobalt' by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin and 'Measurements of electrical constants. No. II. On the specific inductive capacities of certain dielectrics. Part I' by J E H Gordon25 July 1878
MC/14/266Letter from Clerk, Dulwich College, to the Secretary of the Royal Society18 November 1887
PP/22/2/1Manuscript, 'On the flow in electric circuits of measurable inductance and capacity; and on the dissipation of energy in such circuits' by Alfred William Porter4 May 1893
PP/15/10Paper, 'On electric discharge between electrodes at different temperatures in air and in high vacua' by J A [John Ambrose] Fleming1889
MC/14/279Letter from Clerk, Dulwich College, to [Michael] Foster, Secretary of the Royal Society24 December 1887
MC/15/296Letter from [George] Carey Foster, 18 Daleham Gardens, Hampstead, to Professor Michael Foster, Secetary of the Royal Society5 July 1892
NLB/2/58Copy letter from Michael Foster, to the Clerk, Dulwich College, S.E.22 December 1887
MC/14Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1885-1888
MC/15Volume 15 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1889-1892
MC/23/155Letter from [George] Carey Foster, Ladywalk, Rickmansworth, Herts, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]9 October 1908
MC/25/78Letter from [George] Carey Foster, Whins House, Sabden near Blackheath, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]8 March 1910
MC/17Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1897-1899
MC/23Volume 23 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1908
MC/27/122Letter from [George] Carey Foster, Ladywalk, Rickmansworth, Herts, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]16 June 1912
MC/30/130Letter from Mrs [Emma] Minchin, 108 Banbury Road, Oxford, to the [Royal Society]3 July 1915
MC/32/90Letter from [George] Carey Foster, Whins House, Sabden, Blackburn, to [Arthur] Schuster, [Royal Society]29 May 1917
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